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There have been many advances in rapid fat loss diets, it no longer makes sense to cut calories and keep them low because this does nothing but make the dieter miserable and slow the metabolism. The newest research points to the importance of using regularly scheduled cheat days to spike your fat-burning metabolism and this is great news for the dieter, not only do you get regular breaks from your diet where you can eat pizza, burgers and Reese's Peanut Butter Cups without guilt but you also lose weight faster.

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This sounds like a gimmick right? Well, let me assure you incorporating cheat days into a diet plan is a technique that has been around for about ten years. The first findings came when researchers started to understand the important role hormones play in weight loss.

Hormones are what signal your body about diet changes. For instance, when you go on a diet and cut down on the amount of food you are eating you trigger a hormone called leptin. This hormone sends a signal to your brain that warns of the low calorie intake and this in turn causes your metabolism to slow so you don't starve to death. Leptin cannot tell that you are voluntarily cutting down on your food intake so if you want to keep losing weight once you start a diet you must do something to outsmart this hormone. The answer is to cheat.

By taking one day to cheat on your diet and eat foods high in carbohydrate and high in fat (can anyone say pizza delivery guy?) you boost your leptin level and your metabolism stays high.

Research shows that it takes about 3 to 4 days for your body to sense, through your hormones, that you are dieting so by scheduling a cheat day every 5th day you get the full benefit of dieting for 4 days and one day of cheating to take a break and boost your fat-burning metabolism.

This diet strategy works and it is very livable so you will stick with it. If this is a new concept to you then I am sure you are sceptical and I respect that but I do hope this peaks your interest because it is a method worth taking a look at.